NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance

Total investments

74

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

50

Lead investments

13

Follow on index

0.32

Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyInformation ServicesArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareAppsManufacturingMedical DeviceComputerIndustrial Manufacturing

Summary

The top activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 deals per year.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the NPIF u2013 Mercia Equity Finance, startups are often financed by SBRI Healthcare, Mercia Technologies, Imperial Innovations. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Summit Alpha, Par Equity. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NHS England.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Medical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Pimberly, Authenticate Information Systems, Azzure IT. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
74
Lead investments
13
Follow on index
0.32
Investments by industry
  • Software (25)
  • Information Technology (16)
  • Health Care (9)
  • Manufacturing (9)
  • Artificial Intelligence (8)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (73)
Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
389K
Group Appearance index
0.45

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Arquella 29 Jun 2022 Health Care, Hospital, Manufacturing Seed 1M England, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Slingshot Simulations 29 Jan 2021 Software, Internet of Things, Simulation, Geospatial, Mapping Services Seed 2M England, Leeds, United Kingdom
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